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• The sprayer is busy

  We finished T1 sprays just two weeks ago at Chillington, but are already getting going on T2s. Poor old John wanted to go on holiday, let's hope that the wheel doesn't fall off the sprayer again this week or he might have to postpone! With septoria... Posted May 13 2008, 12:44 PM by Isabel Davies with | with no comments Filed under: Wheat, OSR, spraying, barometer blog, Andrew Blenkiron, west

• N dressing on Dorset OSR finished just in time

  It's all go at North Farm, Horton in Dorset , writes Peter Snell. The Castille winter oilseed rape has had all its nitrogen now - just in time as the variety is coming in to flower and the crop height would impede the spread pattern if we had gone... Posted Apr 02 2008, 10:55 PM by flutefriend with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: OSR, Barometer, Peter Snell, South-west, Dorset, Grain store

• Wet thwarts progress in Kent

  I don't know if I dare I say it, but with the oilseed rape extending rapidly the pigeon wars seem to be abating slightly, writes Andy Barr from East Lenham Farm, near Maidstone. Mind you I spoke recently to someone farming several thousand acres who... Posted Mar 31 2008, 03:35 PM by flutefriend with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: OSR, spraying, andy barr, Barometer, NVZ, south

• Scottish set-aside ploughing hiccup

  We close this regular peep at what Farmers Weekly's Barometer farmers have been getting up to this autumn with a brief report from Scotland. John Hutcheson has been spraying his Catana , NK Bravour and Mendel oilseed rape at Leckerstone Farm, Dunfermline... Posted Dec 04 2007, 09:01 AM by flutefriend with | with no comments Filed under: OSR, ploughing, set-aside, NRoSO, SQC

• Northern OSR recovers well

  Andrew Gloag's oilseed rape is nothing like as forward this autumn as it was (pictured above) two seasons ago. But the crop which was earlier giving concern at Busby House Farm, Stokesley, N Yorks, has recovered well, thanks mainly to recent rain... Posted Nov 22 2007, 10:42 AM by flutefriend with | with no comments Filed under: OSR, Agritechnica, Machinery

• Berks spray programme under way

  With his Berks autumn sowing completed Nigel Horne (left) has just embarked on the main spraying programme at Catmore Farm, West Ilsley. First off was 2litres/ha of simazine on the recently drilled home-saved Wizard beans. "We went over first with... Posted Nov 12 2007, 11:03 AM by flutefriend with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Wheat, OSR, spraying, blackgrass, phoma

• Scottish wheats OK but min-till OSR disappointing

  Wheat spraying is well under way and ploughing for spring crops continues in good conditions at Leckerstone Farm, Dunfermline in Fife. But about half John Hutcheson's 162ha (400 acres) of oilseed rape is beginning to cause concern. "I'm a... Posted Nov 07 2007, 11:56 AM by flutefriend with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: OSR, ploughing, min-till, establishment

• Bad day for agronomist in Berks

  Having finished wheat drilling in Berks, Nigel Horne took a half-day break yesterday, planning to start on beans next week. Meanwhile his agronomist Steve Cook of Hampshire Arable Systems checked out his crops for autumn treatments at Catmore Farm, West... Posted Oct 26 2007, 12:31 PM by flutefriend with | with no comments Filed under: Wheat, OSR, slugs, bean, Breakdown

• Slugs 'worst ever' in Devon

  Heavy slug pressure is the only slight cloud after week of good weather has allowed Troy Stuart to make good progress with autumn drilling near Exeter, Devon. "It's been very kind," he said. "We've only been stopped for two days... Posted Oct 12 2007, 10:49 AM by flutefriend with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: OSR, slugs

• Northern sowing programme nearly done

  Andrew Gloag's expanded autumn drilling programme, run from Busby House Farm, Stokesley in North Yorks, is almost complete thanks to his two-man teams working 12-hour 7am-7pm shifts. "We've had a very good run and the 1.8in of rain we had... Posted Oct 04 2007, 11:24 AM by flutefriend with | with no comments Filed under: Drilling, Wheat, OSR, Challenger, Sumo, Simba

• Rain renews slug battle in Lincs

  Last week's rain every day looks as though it came just in time to save Ben Atkinson's 780ha of oilseed rape in Lincs which had been suffering in the dry soil. "The sting in the tail is that the slugs are back and up for a fight," he... Posted Oct 02 2007, 10:13 AM by flutefriend with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Wheat, OSR, slugs

• Rain welcome in south-west

  After a long dry spell, half an inch of rain last Sunday was especially welcome, reports Troy Stuart from near Exeter in Devon. "We started drilling wheat on the 19 th and until we had the rain seed-beds were very difficult because they'd dried... Posted Sep 28 2007, 12:10 PM by flutefriend with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Drilling, Wheat, OSR